author
Salomo Pulkkinen
1873–1952
A Finnish folk writer, farmer, and parliamentarian, he drew on life in Kainuu to create stories rooted in rural experience. His work offers a window into everyday northern Finnish life in the early 20th century.
2 Audiobooks
Ristijärven muistoja ja kuvauksia
by Salomo Pulkkinen
Tervanpolttajat : Ynnä muita kertomuksia pohjan periltä
by Salomo Pulkkinen
About the author
Born in Ristijärvi on November 15, 1873, Salomo Pulkkinen was a Finnish farmer, politician, and folk writer. He is remembered as a kansankirjailija—a writer of the people—whose background in the countryside shaped both his public life and his fiction.
Pulkkinen served as a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1911 to 1916, representing the Agrarian League. Alongside politics, he wrote prose connected to the communities and landscapes of northern Finland, including the collection Tervanpolttajat ynnä muita kertomuksia pohjan periltä.
He died in Ristijärvi on December 2, 1952. Today, he is mainly of interest to readers curious about early Finnish rural writing and authors whose work grew directly out of everyday working life.